4 Responses to “Pale, elusive azure.”

Patricia

I’ve been thinking about this post since I read it and have come to the following conclusion. I think that people who have children measure their lives in their children’s milestones. “That happened the year Karen broke her arm,” etc. But for those of us who don’t have children, adulthood can become a sort of endless blur, especially if we don’t change jobs very often. So I think it makes sense that when something big like A BOOK happens, you pause and reflect on what has changed for good and bad.

I think you’re onto something there, Patricia. You do find different ways to measure time depending on how (and with whom) your time is spent. I remember when I was first starting to go to American Library Association conferences, it boggled my mind that my more experienced colleagues would say things like “Now which Chicago was it when x happened?” Now that I’ve been to…gosh…I think at least four ALAs that were held in Chicago, the confusion makes more sense.